Cyber Threat is Nations Biggest Economic Risk
March 2, 2010 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
Cyber Attack Biggest Economic Threat
At the RSA security conference in San Francisco today, White House cybersecurity chief Howard Schmidt said that the biggest economic threat facing the nation is the cybersecurity problem.
He said the government is mobilizing to deal with electronic attacks, which have hit everyone from Google to everyday consumers who have had their identities stolen in credit card scams. (He didn’t dwell on the idea that this is the biggest economic threat; after all, bankers and insurance companies have been pretty big threats to the U.S. economy as well).
In his first major public appearance since President Obama appointed him last year, Schmidt said that the country has to do something about fixing systemic problems that make the nation’s computers vulnerable to cyber attack.
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New Maps Show Where Tsunami Floods Would Strike Calif.
December 18, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
When major earthquakes strike along the Aleutian island chain in Alaska, they could trigger tsunamis sweeping down along the California coast and threatening many low-lying regions with disaster, including parts of San Francisco.
The danger has long been known, but Thursday a team of state scientists and emergency management specialists announced they have completed an updated series of 135 “inundation maps” covering shoreline areas in the state’s 30 coastal counties and every harbor and inlet that could be threatened.
The maps reveal in detail just how far large tsunamis might send ocean waters rushing inland to threaten beaches and coastal towns. They also indicate evacuation routes that lead to higher ground. The maps are being released online today by the California Emergency Management Agency.
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2 Detained In Possible Pipe Bomb Explosion In San Francisco
October 10, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security Products, Incident Reports
Police questioned two men in their 20s in connection with an apparent pipe bomb explosion in San Francisco’s Bayview District early Friday morning, a police sergeant said.
Officers responded to reports of either an explosion or shots fired at about 5:20 a.m. in the 1100 block of La Salle Avenue and found remnants of what appeared to be a pipe bomb, Sgt. Neville Gittens said. Read more
